Memoria

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Artwork created in 2012 to be executed during shows about the project “Utforsking av Norges flagg” (Eng. Explorations in the Norwegian Flag) and in specific cases. It was renamed as Memento in 2017.

It is based in covering all or some of the windows of the exhibition room where the show is being held, with wooden plates previously used for covering broken windows after the terrorist attack in Oslo 2011. When visible in short distance, this materials include a short text about the project.

Wooden plates can also include a small representation of the Norwegian flag made in vertical, by removing where the red and blue colours should be, leaving wood where the white lines. In that scenario, the window behind the flag should be broken or with sanded vinyl.

“Memoria” is an artwork developed with the greatest respect to all victims of this atrocious attacks.

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Utforsking av Norges flagg

Explorations in the Norwegian Flagg

The first flag related to Norway dates back to the monarch periods of the XIV century. Since then, different flags saw the sky in a process which carried out several debates, publications and proposals, including a green and grey one promoted by Christian Frederik in 1814, just a few months before the inclusion of an article in the second constitution expressing that Norway should have its own flag determined by law. The flag was selected in 1821, but its complete adoption in land and all seas wasn’t until the beginning of the next century, in which it was also banned during the German occupation of Norway. After those years, the use of the flag has grown exponentially as well as immigration. According to SSB, in 2016 more than 12% of the total population is currently member of religious and life stance communities outside the Church of Norway.
As flags, people and lands never stand still, and thus not history.
From its origins in 2012 and as a reaction to the atrocious attacks of the previous year, antipodes café began a deep study in the history of Norway and exploring in the main national symbol, creating in this way an art project about identity, pluralism and democracy, based in:
a. workshops for kids
b. urban intervention
c. exhibitions
d. open dialog in media
e a website
f. digital platform for explorations
g. artworks
h. a publication